Astro calendar
The sky in 1996
Retrogrades, lunations and the Sun's sign changes, worked out for the whole year.
Retrogrades in 1996
Mercury retrograde 4 periods
- From January 9 to January 30 · from Aquarius to Capricorn
- From May 3 to May 27 · Taurus
- From September 4 to September 26 · from Libra to Virgo
- From December 23 to January 12 · Capricorn
Venus retrograde one period
- From May 20 to July 2 · Gemini
Mars retrograde no period
No retrograde period this year.
Month by month
January
- Full moon in Cancer
- Mercury stations retrograde in Aquarius
- New moon in Capricorn
- The Sun enters Aquarius
- Mercury stations direct in Capricorn
February
- Full moon in Leo
- New moon in Aquarius
- The Sun enters Pisces
March
- Full moon in Virgo
- New moon in Pisces
- The Sun enters Aries
April
- Full moon in Libra
- New moon in Aries
- The Sun enters Taurus
May
- Full moon in Scorpio
- Mercury stations retrograde in Taurus
- New moon in Taurus
- Venus stations retrograde in Gemini
- The Sun enters Gemini
- Mercury stations direct in Taurus
June
- Full moon in Sagittarius
- New moon in Gemini
- The Sun enters Cancer
July
- Full moon in Capricorn
- Venus stations direct in Gemini
- New moon in Cancer
- The Sun enters Leo
- Full moon in Aquarius
August
- New moon in Leo
- The Sun enters Virgo
- Full moon in Pisces
September
- Mercury stations retrograde in Libra
- New moon in Virgo
- The Sun enters Libra
- Mercury stations direct in Virgo
- Full moon in Aries
October
- New moon in Libra
- The Sun enters Scorpio
- Full moon in Taurus
November
- New moon in Scorpio
- The Sun enters Sagittarius
- Full moon in Gemini
December
- New moon in Sagittarius
- The Sun enters Capricorn
- Mercury stations retrograde in Capricorn
- Full moon in Cancer
Dates and times in UTC. To see how this sky touches your chart, open your personal transits.